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Title I
Title I - Overview
General Information
Title I is a federally funded program for economically disadvantaged children who reside in school attendance areas with a high concentration of children from low income families. Since a high incidence of poverty in a school has a direct correlation with low academic student achievement, Title I funds are used to provide supplementary instruction to raise the achievement of students who are failing to meet the challenging state standards. Title I funded personnel are instructional or support staff who directly contribute to the education of children and parents.
The Title I staff is committed to providing quality service and support to principals, teachers, support staff, students, and parents in a timely and efficient manner. A telephone call and/or personal contact with the director and program specialists will result in immediate attention and appropriate responses to school needs and requests.
In FY11 a projected 141,866 students in 170 public and charter schools will receive Title I services.
Purpose Of The Title I Program
The purpose of Title I is to support school efforts to ensure that all children meet challenging academic standards and have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education. This purpose can be accomplished by providing additional resources for high poverty schools to enhance educational opportunities for disadvantaged students. Title I funds must be used in addition to District and State Funds. All of the services students would receive in the absence of Title I must be in place before Title I funds are used.
Students Targeted For Title I Services
Students in grades K-12 who are identified as failing, or most at risk of failing to meet the State's challenging performance standards and have the greatest need for special assistance in these schools and institutions:
Title I Guidelines
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General Information
Title I is a federally funded program for economically disadvantaged children who reside in school attendance areas with a high concentration of children from low income families. Since a high incidence of poverty in a school has a direct correlation with low academic student achievement, Title I funds are used to provide supplementary instruction to raise the achievement of students who are failing to meet the challenging state standards. Title I funded personnel are instructional or support staff who directly contribute to the education of children and parents.
The Title I staff is committed to providing quality service and support to principals, teachers, support staff, students, and parents in a timely and efficient manner. A telephone call and/or personal contact with the director and program specialists will result in immediate attention and appropriate responses to school needs and requests.
In FY11 a projected 141,866 students in 170 public and charter schools will receive Title I services.
Purpose Of The Title I Program
The purpose of Title I is to support school efforts to ensure that all children meet challenging academic standards and have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education. This purpose can be accomplished by providing additional resources for high poverty schools to enhance educational opportunities for disadvantaged students. Title I funds must be used in addition to District and State Funds. All of the services students would receive in the absence of Title I must be in place before Title I funds are used.
Students Targeted For Title I Services
Students in grades K-12 who are identified as failing, or most at risk of failing to meet the State's challenging performance standards and have the greatest need for special assistance in these schools and institutions:
- 94 Elementary School wide Projects
- 30 Middle School School wide Projects
- 17 High Schools
- 29 Charter Schools
- 46 Non-Public Schools
- 27 Institutions for Neglected Youth
- 8 Institutions for Delinquent Youth
Title I Guidelines
- Projected Federal Title I Allocation
$49,900,018.00 is the projected federal Title I budget allocation for the 2010/2011 fiscal year.
- Supplement, Not Supplant
Title I funds must be supplemental to general fund dollars. The district must provide the same general fund dollars to schools for all Title I eligible students as for non-Title I students. Failure to comply with the Supplement, Not Supplant provision could result in fund reversion.
- School improvement/Title I School wide Plan
Annually, each Title I eligible school is required to engage in assessing its needs. Title I and the School Improvement Department work collaboratively in evaluating the components of the Title I School wide Plan to be incorporated into the School Improvement Plan, thereby requiring only one plan.
- Individual Title I School Budget
The Standard Practice Bulletin A-467 sets the guidelines for all Title I financial transactions. Each eligible school has an individual Title I budget that includes all school level budgeted Title I funds. Title I funds may be spent for items listed below, but not for administrative use.
Employee Salaries, Employee Benefits, Professional Development, Equipment/Software
Library Books (classroom sets only), Instructional Games, Parent Involvement Classes & Activities, Travel
Classroom materials & supplies (In addition to what general funds provide.
Expenditures should not exceed the district's aggregated per pupil costs.)
Textbooks (Must be supplementary to district.)
- School wide Projects
Schools with 49.5% or more of the student population receiving free or reduced priced meals may become a school wide project if so designated by the district. Title I funds may be used to benefit all of the students in a school wide project. Schools receive an allocation that must be used for parent involvement training activities
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